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Delinquency and service protection

Understand the shut-off process before it reaches your door

The safest time to ask about a past-due balance, payment arrangement, or hardship protection is before the final notice. This page translates the provider’s published rules into a practical checklist.

Notice and timing

How delinquency is handled

Grace period after the due date

0 published grace days: payment after midnight of the bill’s due date is considered past due. The bill is due when rendered and any past-due amount is immediately due.

Late-fee calculation

Any account that becomes past due is assessed a $10 late fee. The City’s FY2026 rate sheet also lists a $55 shut-off-nonpay charge, a $55 field-visit fee, and a $55 reconnect-two-attempt fee. A partial payment does not resume service; the full amount due is required.

Disconnection timeline

Monthly bill is due when rendered; payment after midnight of the due date becomes past due and is included on the next month’s bill. If the past-due amount is not received shortly after the past-due statement date, service is subject to disconnection. The City does not promise a separate additional notice, and the full balance plus field/shutoff/reconnection charges is required to restore service.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The City’s utility-bill policy says no other notice of service disconnection will be given beyond the billing process; failure to receive a bill does not prevent interruption. Bill2Pay/e-bill and online account tools can provide account information, but customers should not rely on an email or text warning. A door hanger may be used for meter-replacement access problems, not as a guaranteed delinquency warning.

If a notice seems wrong

Document the account balance, payment confirmation, notice date, and any household medical or accessibility concern. Then call the provider using the contact information on its official bill or profile before the stated deadline.

Restoring service

Reconnection costs and timing

The FY2026 rate sheet lists a $55 shut-off-nonpay fee, $55 field-visit fee, and $55 reconnect-after-two-attempts fee. After-hours field visits are $165, and the City states that reconnection after 4:00 p.m. weekdays or on weekends/holidays incurs an after-hours fee. The account must be paid in full and a field visit may be required.

Need a payment arrangement?

Ask before the shut-off date

Tell the customer-service representative that you are responding to a delinquency notice and ask specifically about installment plans, hardship protection, charity referrals, and the amount required to stop the disconnection order.

Customer protection guide

What to do when a bill becomes urgent

A delinquency notice from City of Boynton Beach Utilities – Water, Wastewater, Reuse Water and Utility Billing should be treated as a time-sensitive account document. Read the exact due date, amount required, notice method, and contact instructions on the notice, then compare them with the provider details in this guide.

If you have already paid, gather the confirmation number and posting date. If you cannot pay the full amount, call before the stated shut-off date and ask about arrangements, hardship protections, agency referrals, and the minimum amount needed to pause action.

Keep the conversation specific: ask what will stop the order, when the payment must post, whether a reconnection fee applies, and whether the utility requires a separate request for medical, accessibility, or household-protection status.

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